---
title: Using Remix
description: How to use Panda with Remix with our dedicated integration.
---

This guide will show you how to set up Panda CSS in a Remix project using PostCSS.

## Start a new project

<Steps>

### Create Remix project

To get started, we will need to create a new Remix project using the official
[Create Remix](https://remix.run/docs/en/main/start/quickstart) CLI. In this guide, we will use TypeScript.

If you don't enter any parameter, the CLI will guide you through the process of creating a new Remix app.

<Tabs items={['pnpm', 'npm', 'yarn', 'bun']}>
  {/* <!-- prettier-ignore-start --> */}
  <Tab>
    ```bash
    pnpm dlx create-remix@latest
    ```
  </Tab>
  <Tab>
    ```bash
    npx create-remix@latest
    ```
  </Tab>
  <Tab>
    ```bash
    yarn dlx create-remix@latest
    ```
  </Tab>
  <Tab>
    ```bash
    bunx create-remix@latest
    ```
  </Tab>
  {/* <!-- prettier-ignore-end --> */}
</Tabs>

You will be asked a few questions, answer these as follows:

```sh
? Where should we create your new project? test-app
? Install dependencies? No
```

> **Note:** You should decline the dependency installation step as we will install dependencies together with Panda CSS.

### Install Panda

Install panda and create your `panda.config.ts` file.

<Tabs items={['pnpm', 'npm', 'yarn', 'bun']}>
  {/* <!-- prettier-ignore-start --> */}
  <Tab>
    ```bash
    pnpm install -D @pandacss/dev
    pnpm panda init --postcss
    ```
  </Tab>
  <Tab>
    ```bash
    npm install -D @pandacss/dev
    npx panda init --postcss
    ```
  </Tab>
  <Tab>
    ```bash
    yarn add -D @pandacss/dev
    yarn panda init --postcss
    ```
  </Tab>
  <Tab>
    ```bash
    bun add -D @pandacss/dev
    bun panda init --postcss
    ```
  </Tab>
  {/* <!-- prettier-ignore-end --> */}
</Tabs>

### Update package.json scripts

Open your `package.json` file and update the `scripts` section as follows:

```diff {3} filename="package.json"
{
  "scripts": {
+    "prepare": "panda codegen",
    "build": "remix build",
    "dev": "remix dev",
    "start": "remix-serve build",
    "typecheck": "tsc"
  }
}
```

- `"prepare"` - script that will run Panda CSS CLI codegen before each build. Read more about
  [codegen](/docs/references/cli#panda-codegen) in the CLI section.

> This step ensures that the panda output directory is regenerated after each dependency installation. So you can add
> the Panda CSS output directory to your `.gitignore` file and not worry about it.

### Configure the content

Make sure that all of the paths of your Remix components are included in the `include` section of the `panda.config.ts`
file.

```js {5, 11} filename="panda.config.ts"
import { defineConfig } from '@pandacss/dev'

export default defineConfig({
  // Whether to use css reset
  preflight: true,

  // Where to look for your css declarations
  include: ['./app/routes/**/*.{ts,tsx,js,jsx}', './app/components/**/*.{ts,tsx,js,jsx}'],

  // Files to exclude
  exclude: [],

  // The output directory for your css system
  outdir: 'styled-system'
})
```

### Configure the entry CSS with layers

Create a new file `app/index.css` and add the following content:

```css filename="app/index.css"
@layer reset, base, tokens, recipes, utilities;
```

Import the `index.css` file in your `app/root.tsx` file and add the `styles` variable to the `links` function.

Please note the `?url` query parameter in the `import` statement. This is required by Vite to generate the correct path
to the CSS file.

```tsx filename="app/root.tsx" {4,6}
import type { LinksFunction } from '@remix-run/node'
import { Links, LiveReload, Meta, Outlet, Scripts, ScrollRestoration } from '@remix-run/react'

import styles from './index.css?url'

export const links: LinksFunction = () => [{ rel: 'stylesheet', href: styles }]

export default function App() {
  return (
    <html lang="en">
      <head>
        <meta charSet="utf-8" />
        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
        <Meta />
        <Links />
      </head>
      <body>
        <Outlet />
        <ScrollRestoration />
        <Scripts />
        <LiveReload />
      </body>
    </html>
  )
}
```

### Start your build process

Run the following command to start your development server.

<Tabs items={['pnpm', 'npm', 'yarn', 'bun']}>
  {/* <!-- prettier-ignore-start --> */}
  <Tab>
    ```bash
    pnpm dev
    ```
  </Tab>
  <Tab>
    ```bash
    npm run dev
    ```
  </Tab>
  <Tab>
    ```bash
    yarn dev
    ```
  </Tab>
  <Tab>
    ```bash
    bun dev
    ```
  </Tab>
  {/* <!-- prettier-ignore-end --> */}
</Tabs>

### Start using Panda

Now you can start using Panda CSS in your project. Here is the snippet of code that you can use in your
`app/routes/_index.tsx` file.

```tsx filename="app/routes/_index.tsx"
import type { MetaFunction } from '@remix-run/node'
import { css } from 'styled-system/css'

export const meta: MetaFunction = () => {
  return [{ title: 'New Remix App' }, { name: 'description', content: 'Welcome to Remix!' }]
}

export default function Index() {
  return <div className={css({ fontSize: '2xl', fontWeight: 'bold' })}>Hello 🐼!</div>
}
```

</Steps>

## Troubleshooting

If you're not getting import autocomplete in your IDE, you may need to include the `styled-system` directory in your
`tsconfig.json` file:

```json filename="tsconfig.json"
{
  // ...
  "include": ["src", "styled-system"]
}
```

If your app doesn't reload when making changes to the `panda.config.ts` file, consider adding `watchPaths` in your remix
config file.

```js filename="remix.config.js"
export default {
  // ...
  watchPaths: ['panda.config.ts']
}
```
